"From the start of the game, Italy played quite proactively, with Tonali having a shot on goal and Chiesa Jr. a shot...... Alain, I don't know if you've noticed, Chiesa was either a left-sided midfielder or a left-winger, but his shot was done in the middle of the pitch, a bit like Frank Lampard used to do at Chelsea. On the commentary bench, Lineker said to Shearer.

"That's true." Shearer nodded: "Chiesa's position seems to be a little further back today, not a pure winger, including Insigne on the other side. As a result, neither of Italy's full-backs actually took on the responsibility of charging forward, and the attack on the flanks was often handed over to Di Marco and De Sciglio, who came in behind them. ”

"In other words, on the surface, the wing attack of the squad sent by Pan Yi seems to be weak, but in fact, the forward insertion of Desiglio and Di Marco makes up for this shortcoming, and they are also able to cover Insigne and Chiesa Jr. in midfield, so that they can concentrate on crosses and scheduling." Lineker also said, "But if you do that, doesn't the defense on the flanks look weak? Although Pan Yi's Italy is aggressive, the defense cannot be relaxed. ”

"Are you English or Italian, how do you sound like you're thinking about the Italians?" Alan Shearer said jokingly.

Of course, he knows that Lineker is a fan of Pan Yi, and now that Pan Yi is the head coach of the Italian team, Lineker will of course become a fan of the Italian team, which has nothing to do with whether he is English or not.

Besides, this game is just a friendly match, and the tendencies at this time are not worth mentioning.

It's just that Shearer, as Southgate's former national team teammate, saw that Lineker was not on England's side, and of course he had to "speak up".

Shearer finished joking and then analyzed: "Maybe that's why he chose to use Barella + Verratti + Tonali as the starting midfielder. All three of them are very good runners, they are very active in defending, and with their complements, there will be no big problem on the left and right. ”

Lineker agreed: "Our England team, which was better in qualifying, was attacking as a whole rather than counter-attacking. In positional attack, Harry Kane, a more versatile goalscorer, and Raheem Sterling, a striker with excellent technical breakthroughs, will cause more problems. Pan Yi's layout can effectively suppress the play of England's offensive line. ”

Shearer said: "Well, judging from Pan Yi's formation and personnel selection today, he has indeed studied England and just wants to beat England!" ”

As the two were talking, England on the field had organized an attack.

Jesse Lingard and Loftus-Cheek played a succession of beautiful passes in midfield and then passed directly to Raheem Sterling at the edge of the box, Sterling dodged Bastoni's interception, and then shot with his feet at the edge of the box, Donnarumma flew to block the ball, and Di Marco cleared the ball with a big foot on the back.

The ball flew straight to the front, Scamacca and Tonali raced to the landing point at the same time, but Smalling, who had moved to the middle, took the lead to clear the ball with a header, and Scamacca had no upper hand at all when the height advantage was not so big.

The ball flew into the Italian half again, and Jesse Lingard unloaded the ball, but Barella immediately rushed to the side and stretched out his foot to cut it off.

Barella immediately passed the ball to Verratti, who advanced with the ball, and by this time the England players had basically returned to the midfield, and seeing that there was no chance, Verratti passed the ball back to Chiesa Jr., who shared the ball again and gave it to Insigne.

Seeing Insigne take the ball in his own half, Ashley Young immediately pressed over, but Insigne did not stop the ball much, but turned around and passed the ball directly to the England half while receiving the ball!

It's not a cross, it's a boccia.

The ball rolled along the touchline and flew past Loftus-Cheek, who turned to catch up with it, only to see a figure slam up from behind Insigne and sprint towards the ball at high speed!

None other than Desiglio!

Loftus-Cheek was much closer to the ball than Desiglio in front of him, but his slow turn due to his height was evident at this point, and the distance between him and Desiglio was rapidly approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye, and with five meters still five meters from the rolling ball, Desiglio rushed past him!

Loftus-Cheek tried to stop the opposition with a foul, but his charge was met by Desiglio with an unchanging face, and then an acceleration left the Chelsea youngster behind.

After catching up with the ball, Desiglio was already parallel to the line of the penalty area, and in the frantic shouts of the Italian fans in the stadium, he did not get up and cross, but pulled the ball into the penalty area, and then forced it into the penalty area!

His cut-in immediately caused chaos at the back of England's defence, with Loftus-Cheek already left Desiglio out of the way and the three centre-backs returning in time, while Italian striker Scamacca and midfielder Tonali had also burst into the box.

Three-on-three!

With the advantage of height, the 1.95-meter-tall Scamacca stopped Stones behind him with a big stride, and Stones couldn't immediately hit Scamacca, and at this time, Desiglio passed!

The ball flew into the middle of the penalty area, leaned against Stones' Scamacca and poked his long leg, the ball changed direction and flew into the England goal before Pickford fell to the ground!

"Boom!"

The moment the ball flew into the goal, Wembley Stadium immediately became a sea of boiling and quiet!

The England fans stopped singing all of a sudden, while countless Italian fans cheered and celebrated the arrival of the goal!

On the field, Scamacca also got up from the ground with a smile on his face, ran to Desiglio, and then hugged Desiglio.

The rest of the Italian players also swarmed up and at this moment, they were full of confidence for the game.

This confidence is brought to them by Pan Yi with his past achievements, and the goal they scored has once again strengthened their confidence, which is a virtuous circle.

Pan Yi on the sidelines also waved his fist in celebration.

Despite being a friendly match, it's always a joy to score goals, not to mention that this attack is entirely the result of this period of practice.

"Attack from the wings! Grab a point in the middle! Beautiful goals, nice ground coordination! I seem to see York City's attack transplanted into the national team! Lineker shouted excitedly: "In the tenth minute of the first half, Italy led 1-0!" Nice start! ”

Shearer laughed beside him and didn't speak.

Brain-dead powder is like this.

But the Italian goal just now was indeed beautiful.

The frontcourt is flexible, the players are delicate, the running position is sufficient, and the shooting is decisive, which can be said to be the culmination of Pan Yi's tactical characteristics.

At this time, Southgate on the other side was holding his chin and frowning on the court.

It wasn't unusual for Pan Yi's team to concede first, but he had to figure out a way to stop the Italians from taking advantage of the win......

The game restarted, and England immediately organized a counter-attack.

Two strikers, Jesse Lingard, Loftus-Cheek, Ashley Young and a Kyle Walker, form England's attacking group and keep pushing forward.

However, England's attack was immediately met with stubborn Italian resistance in midfield, Barella running back and forth to intercept the opposition's attack, Verratti and Tonali were a little further forward, but they also defended quite well.

Combined with the fact that Chiesa Jr. and Insigne were often involved in the defence, the five Italians running wildly immediately made England's attack look a little difficult.

However, England also paid attention to the suppression of the speed of Italy's counter-attack, which led to the fact that although England's threatening ball was difficult to develop within 30 meters of the opponent's goal, it did not give Italy a chance to launch a quick counterattack after a tackle.

In the next ten minutes, although Italy had several breaks in the midfield, they could not launch a fast attack smoothly, and finally played a positional battle.

But now that Italy has a ball in hand, it is not so anxious, anyway, it is just grinding slowly, and the later it is, the more beneficial it is for Italy.

Southgate's brow furrowed again.

Italy's dense defence has indeed made England's attack unfavorable, and if they can't attack for a long time, when their fitness drops, there will be more passing and shooting errors, and Italy's chances will increase.

Fighting for fitness, England does not have many advantages.

The Italian players are younger and more physically fit than the English, not to mention that England are now a little more anxious and more expensive.

It's just that when Southgate hasn't figured out how to solve the current situation, there is a little accident on the field.

In the 25th minute, Gary Cahill played the ball to Kyle Walker, who cut in on the right and ran into DiMarco as he was about to break forward.

Relying on his physical advantage, Kyle Walker slowly pushed forward, but he was never able to completely shake off Dimarco.

Seeing that there was no way to get rid of the opponent, Kyle Walker could only make a helpless emergency stop and then cross the ball to Lingard in the middle.

Lingard took the ball and turned around, Barella immediately pounced, Ashley Young came to answer, Lingard passed the ball to him, and then Ashley Young did not stop the ball, it was a long shot!

Ashley Young also had to do this, because Insigne was only less than half a meter away from him, which was still thrown away by Ashley Young with a sprint, and if he stopped the ball, he was afraid that he would be entangled by the opponent, and he might lose the ball if he was not careful.

In desperation, Professor Yang could only start in a hurry, which is better than giving the ball to the opponent, right?

But as soon as he kicked out, the English players on the side were sighing, this angle is too right!

The ball was headed for Donnarumma, who was standing in front of goal, and at the level of the opposing goalkeeper, it was not a threat at all.

Donnarumma made a gesture of holding the ball, and everyone's eyes fell on him, but it was a subconscious action, and no one would think that Donnarumma would not be able to catch such a shot.

However, when everyone didn't think he would be able to catch it, Donnarumma made a terrible mistake.

Donnarumma's judgment was wrong when he was holding the ball, the ball came faster than he thought, and then his position was a little off.

This is because he thinks the ball will go towards his chest, but in fact it is a little skewed during the flight.

Without holding the ball, the ball hit Donnarumma's left arm and flew diagonally into the Italian goal......

There was silence at first.

All the Italian fans watched in amazement as the ball landed on the goal, and it took a long time for them to collectively let out a groan of pain!

Then, the larger England fans finally erupted in cheers and scored!!

Ashley Young on the field was stunned for a moment before he began to turn around and start celebrating the goal.

That's good luck!

The England players reacted and cheered at Ashley Young, who also thought they were lucky to have the opposing goalkeeper to give a big gift when there was no way to attack......

"Generous Crab!" Pan Yi grabbed his hair and cursed.

The goalkeeper made a super, super, huge mistake, what can be done about that?

Donnarumma, a player, is usually quite stable, and can withstand pressure at critical moments in the tournament, so he can be said to be a major player.

But sometimes, he does make a little bit of a low-level mistake.

The more famous thing is that in Pan Yi's previous life, Donnarumma, who was already playing for Paris at that time, made a fatal mistake in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Real Madrid.

When the team led 2-0 on aggregate, he made a mistake under Benzema pressure when receiving a pass, and was assisted by Benzema to score easily by Vinicius in the penalty area.

Such a situation is almost unforgivable for a goalkeeper with an annual salary of 10 million euros.

To make matters worse, the mistake also ignited Real Madrid's hopes, and they scored two more goals in the 76th and 78th minutes to make it 3-1 on the spot, and reversed Paris with an aggregate score of 3-2 to advance to the quarter-finals.

When he was in the national team, he sometimes had a misalignment like today's and was scored.

It's not that Pan Yi doesn't know this, but this is the price of youth!

If they are not allowed to exercise and grow in such a friendly competition, how can the children become stronger?

How can you see a rainbow without experiencing wind and rain?

"Forget it if you lose the ball! It's just a draw! And it's just a friendly match! Pan Yi shouted at the court, especially Donnarumma, "Go ahead and play well!" The game still has a long way to go! ”

It's about taking the pressure off the players.

It's just that on the football field, teammates' mistakes are often the most demoralizing.

If there's a bigger demoralisation blow than that, it's the goalkeeper's mistakes.

The game restarted, and the attitude of the Italian players was obviously much worse than before.

While Barella is still running wildly in midfield, Tonali is still in midfield and Scamacca is constantly moving up front – in fact, the five York City players are still at a decent level on the pitch.

But the other players are different, they are either a little weak or just getting impatient......

Tonali rushed left and right in front of the field but couldn't break through the opponent's defense, Scamacca was lonely, if it wasn't for Italy's excellent midfield, I'm afraid they would have looked more passive on the field.

And before the end of the first half, an attack from England once again set the whole Wembley Stadium on fire.

Sterling, who had been pulled into midfield, received a pass from Jesse Lingard, beautifully got rid of Barella, who had been a little too hard, and then dribbled the ball to the edge of the box.

Italy's two centre-backs made a mistake in linking up, and both of them pounced at the same time, leaving the two returning full-backs behind.

Raheem Sterling delivered a beautiful through ball that flew between the two and Harry Kane picked up the ball behind them.

The Chelsea Premier League top scorer was completely unguarded, smashing the ball into the box before facing the onrushing Donnarumma to get rid of the opposition with a fake shot and then slotted the ball into the empty net with ease......

"Two to one! England overtook the scoreline! The goal came in the 44th minute and was scored by Chelsea striker Harry Kane...... This Pan Yi's favorite general gave Pan Yi's team a fatal blow! ”

Lineker said in a low tone, and for a moment he really couldn't tell what nationality he was.

Alan Shearer, on the other hand, is much happier, after all, Harry Kane is his best successor in England in his eyes!

On the pitch, amid the cheers and celebrations of the England players, Southgate stood up and shook his fist hard.

Although the current situation is more a matter of luck, and Donnarumma's mistake turned the tide in an instant, it was still a victory for England!

It was his Southgate victory over Pan Yi!

When people talk about this game before the game, they will more mention Gareth Southgate's England victory over Pan Yi's Italy!

Don't forget, Pan Yi hasn't even lost seriously in his national team career!

And if you add to that his Chelsea days......

It is estimated that no one remembers when Pan Yi last lost!

And he, Southgate, will break the myth of Pan Yi's invincibility and become the man who defeats God!

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At halftime, Pan Yi sat motionless on a chair in the locker room, his eyes gloomy.

He doesn't blame his players for a defeat in a friendly match, but he was disappointed by the performance of the players after conceding an accidental goal.

The atmosphere in the Italian dressing room was also horribly dreary.

The more Pan Yi didn't speak, the more terrifying the players felt.

What was going on in his mind?

After a while, Pan Yi stood up and walked slowly around the locker room, his leather shoes making a "popping" sound on the smooth floor, but none of the players dared to speak.

'I was disappointed with the first half.

Pan Yi's voice finally sounded faintly in the locker room, but it was like a voice from hell:

'Of course, it's not Donnarumma who disappointed me, although his mistake caused us to concede a goal, but there is no goalkeeper in the world who doesn't make mistakes. Even Neuer, Casillas, including our Gianluigi Buffon, make mistakes. I am disappointed by all of you. ”

"After losing that ball, did you lose your souls? Have you lost your memories? Are you the ones who play on the pitch? No! It's just a bunch of confused guys running around the field with no thoughts! ”

Pan Yi's voice suddenly increased, and his voice echoed throughout the locker room.

All the players raised their heads and watched at a loss as Pan Yi was furious there.

Since Pan Yi took office, he has not shouted like this.

Not to mention the players of the Italian national team, after all, they have only experienced a few training camps;

Even those players in York City, including Desiglio, who spent a season with him at AC Milan, have never seen him lose his temper so much.

"Someone may be muttering in their hearts that this is just a friendly match." Pan Yi continued to output, "But in my opinion, as long as it's a game, we have to find a way to win!" ”

"If you can't give it your all in a friendly match, can you really handle that pressure when it's official?"

"Today's predicament is a test for you! Only through such a test can we really compete for the World Cup title! Have you forgotten that our goal is the World Championship, and to win the World Championship, you are not allowed to lose easily! ”

In fact, the friendly match of the national team is not the same as the friendly match of the club.

There are many matches in the club, whether it is a pre-season or a mid-season friendly match to maintain fitness, which is often based on practicing the squad and maintaining physical and competitive condition, and the victory or defeat is really not important.

But there are few national team competitions, and friendly matches are rare opportunities to practice, in fact, many times they are real guns.

There are many national teams who have been dismissed because of friendly matches, such as in Pan Yi's previous life, in 2023, the Japanese team defeated Germany and Turkey in a friendly match in a row, which made the head coaches of these two national teams out of class.

And the 1:5 loss of the Dragon Team to Thailand at the beginning also led to Camacho's dismissal?

However, it is rare for a club team to be dismissed because they did not play well in a friendly match.

That's because clubs sometimes even give up on cup matches, let alone friendlies, while the national team values it much more!

Pan Yi even thought that Southgate had asked Jones to play a friendly match......

It's just that this is really too much, and it's not such an important way to pay attention to it - this is also an important reason why many people criticize Southgate.

Of course, Pan Yi will not joke about the player's career like this, he is scolding the player like this now, just to make them pay attention to this game and let them cheer up again!

Now the players are afraid to move, only Gianluigi Buffon is still comforting Donnarumma, who feels like he is about to cry.

Although Pan Yi doesn't blame him, after all, the team's backwardness is caused by him, and Donnarumma's heart will of course be very uncomfortable.

At this time, the role of Buffon's big brother is reflected - well, he is old enough to be Donnarumma's father - and under Buffon's explanation, Donnarumma's emotions slowly calmed down.

"The second goal was lost, Barrera, why did you save so hard? Also, why don't you communicate with Bastoni Bonucci instead of the two of you? And ......"

Pan Yi scolded the players almost all over the time, and while scolding, he also pointed out the mistakes made by the players in a scuffle on the field after conceding the first goal.

He scolded really fiercely, but he scolded reasonably! With this, the players who really didn't perform well could only listen obediently.

"I don't know if any of you remember the 2014 World Cup, when we were out of the group with England.

"But it was such a bad team, and it beat England! I don't want to see us lose to them today. ”

"Tell me, do you want this to happen?"

"I don't want to!" The Italian players gritted their teeth and shouted en masse.

"If you don't want to, do what I say! Forget it's a friendly and play it like a World Cup final! Remember, only by constantly beating such strong teams can we really qualify to compete for the World Championship! ”

After the roar, Pan Yi quickly began the battle deployment in the second half:

"First of all, you have to remember the training we did during this time, the pressing attack! Tonali, it's up to you to organise and control the tempo of the whole team, just like you did at York City! ”

"Insigne! Movement! Run out of space! Everybody has to pay attention to his movement, and when he runs out of space, he has a chance to pass the ball directly and give him the ball as soon as possible, understand? ”

"Desiglio, DiMarco! Move forward, in the second half you are like wingers, but you also have to pay attention to their counter-attacks, Barella and Verratti to protect on both sides. ”

"Scamacca, your task is the same as in the first half, run, contain, ferry when you have a chance, and play the ball when you don't have a chance......"

Pan Yi clicked the names of most of the players.

There is actually only one tactical core he has arranged, and that is to increase the running, press the attack, use layered attacks, and use a lot of attacks to crush the opponent's defense!

(End of chapter)